Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuket weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Phuket: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (173 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, 4.0°C warmer than Phuket, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Phuket ranks joint 45th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 33.1°C; Phuket is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Phuket climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 78 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 125 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 266 | 25.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 257 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 253 | 23.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 276 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 311 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 306 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 184 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 81 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Surat Thani in MarchThailand · 173 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in MarchThailand · 183 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Ban Mai in MarchThailand · 249 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Hat Yai in MarchThailand · 249 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Alor Setar in MarchMalaysia · 293 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Pendang in MarchMalaysia · 312 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Lhokseumawe in MarchIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in MarchMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 161 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Phuket) is explained once on the Phuket year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.